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Monday, February 18, 2013

Bauckham's bargain

In “On
Bauckham’s Bargain,” (forthcoming in Theology Today), I critically examine
Richard Bauckham’s “christology of divine identity” – which has attracted so
many evangelical apologists and theologians.

What
Tuggy will say in that article remains to be seen. However, I’d make the
preliminary observation that the value of Bauckham’s Christological material
lies, not in his category of “divine identity,” but in his exegesis of various
passages. Even if Tuggy were to demonstrate that Bauckham’s category of “divine
identity” is confused, that does nothing to rebut Bauckham’s exegesis. That
would just mean Bauckham is better at exegetical theology than philosophical
theology.

If
experience is any guide, Tuggy will focus on the concept of “identity,” and use
that as an excuse to disregard Bauckham’s exegesis.